Top 350+ Solved Journalism And Public Opinion MCQ Questions Answer
Q. The best and only method for a journalist to assess public opinion is by __________________.
a. wide travelling and direct contacts with people
b. internet research
c. office gossip
d. following television reports thoroughly
Q. ___________________ are major factors influencing election results.
a. Caste, religion, money and muscle power
b. knowledge and understanding
c. law and order
d. emotions and rules and regulations
Q. Media coverage of election results is influenced by caste factors which in turn impact the _________.
a. voter
b. media
c. politics
d. funding
Q. If the media approaches an election with pre-conceived notions about a party's performance, it can lead to ______________.
a. shaping of an agenda where bright prospects of the party is reported
b. gatekeeping
c. political unrest
d. inactive audience
Q. In the 1999 elections which were being held in phases, fearing that the results of one phase could influence voters in the next phase, __________ were banned by the Election Commission for one month while the election was going on.
a. publishing of election poll or opinion polls
b. manifestos
c. campaigns
d. security at election booths
Q. Budgets which allot large sums of money to welfare schemes and ignore industrial growth are __________ by the India media, as ‘populist budgets’.
a. dismissed
b. praised
c. widely covered
d. highly analysed
Q. On the whole, in their reporting, analysis and editorials, newspapers and magazines have supported _________________.
a. liberalization and economic reforms
b. no change
c. closed economy system
d. economic stagnancy
Q. The media coverage of budget pre-liberalisation was ________ of the government's economic policies and attacked the budgets calling them 'anti-growth'.
a. not entirely supportive
b. very supportive
c. appreciative
d. dismissive
Q. Since the media houses were owned by rich industrialists who wanted opportunities for unlimited expansion, the pre-liberalisation budget were called 'anti-growth' budgets and the media tried to influence public opinion to support budgets which allowed ___________.
a. free trade and minimum restrictions on industrial growth
b. controlled trade
c. non-liberalisation of the budget
d. maximum restrictions on industrial growth
Q. The Congress government which followed an economic pattern influenced by the USSR, in 1990 introduced economic liberalisation in the country. These reforms however, were not drastic, and the ___________ still had a significant presence in India.
a. public sector
b. private sector
c. FDI
d. mixed economy
Q. The Indian media’s international coverage is concentrated mainly on three countries: __________.
a. USA, Pakistan and China
b. USA, Bangladesh, Indonesia
c. Germany, Russia, UK
d. SAARC countries
Q. Relations with India’s South Asian neigbours hardly get the prominence they deserve except if it is breaking news related to __________.
a. Pakistan
b. Bangladesh
c. finance
d. Canada
Q. Modi's visits to Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka highlighted India's interest in neighbourhood diplomacy which was highlighted in __________ media but not by the _________ media.
a. international, Indian
b. Indian, international
c. print, radio
d. radio, print
Q. With respect to strategic deals like the Indo-US strategic partnerships and Rafale Aircraft deals, in the Indian media, there is __________ in-depth analysis on the benefits of the deals and their overall impact on the Indian economy or society.
a. little
b. extensive
c. detailed
d. well-researched